Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 693 So Many

Hearing Liu Changshun's words, everyone nodded and directed the battle alone. After winning once, they were indeed a little swollen.

Fortunately, I was reminded, otherwise, the consequences would have been serious.

"Company commander, since the Japanese may want to set a trap for us, let's not fight for now." The platoon leader said.

If the Japanese were really planning to ambush them and continue to fight, they would be making a fool of themselves.

"I think we can fight again after a while, so that the Japanese think we are just the same as before, only fighting once and then retreating.

So we're on our second attack. "The second platoon leader suggested.

When the Japanese can't ambush them, they will definitely think that they have retreated, and then withdraw their troops. At that time, after the Japanese withdraw, they will fight back.

"That's right, you can do it this way!" The third platoon leader also said, he agreed with this combat method, and the battalion commander might also think so.

"I think we can continue to fight!" Liu Changshun listened to what several people said and then expressed different opinions.

"Ah?! Keep fighting?!" Everyone was stunned. If they continued to fight if they were sure that the Japanese were ambushing them, wouldn't they be stupid? !
What is the company commander doing? !

"Well, the Japanese want to ambush us, so why can't we ambush them in turn!" Liu Changshun nodded, looking confident.

"Look, we can first send some people to attack the watchtower again, and then let the rest of the people go to the Japs to ambush on the way to support.

Once the Japanese think we have fallen into a trap, they will rush over as quickly as possible and ignore possible ambush locations on the road.
By then, not only will we be able to capture the watchtower again, we can even annihilate all the Japanese who came to support us! "Liu Changshun told his plan.

"Company Commander, you are so amazing, you can still do this!" Everyone's eyes lit up, and the platoon leader even flattered him.

"This is nothing. I learned this from the battalion commander. You still have a lot to learn." Liu Changshun said with a smile.

"Company Commander, no wonder you asked us to bring all the soldiers back. It turns out that we have already thought of a plan." Only then did the second platoon leader realize that Liu Changshun had already thought about what to do next.

"Okay, you just came back. Have a good rest tonight. We will start taking action in two days. This time, we will annihilate all the Japs who want to ambush us in one go!" Liu Changshun waved his hand and asked everyone to leave.

"Company commander, you really look like a battalion commander." Deputy company commander Chu Xingquan couldn't help but praise.

What Liu Changshun is thinking about now is a bit like following the battalion commander one step at a time.

"I'm far behind the battalion commander. I'm afraid the battalion commander has thought of it a long time ago." Liu Changshun said.

"Then why didn't he say it?!" After hearing this, Chu Xingquan said doubtfully, since he took this into consideration, why didn't he tell them the plan.

"The battalion commander is letting us think for ourselves. If the battalion commander tells us all the plans he has considered, what is the difference between the battalion commander personally taking command?!" Liu Changshun said, he understood what Li Jin meant.

Although the battalion commander allowed them to direct the operations themselves, he was still uneasy and worried that they would have problems. Therefore, he only reminded them at critical moments to prevent them from making command mistakes that would lead to casualties.

As for other combat plans, even if the battalion commander has considered them, he will not tell them directly, but will let them think about it themselves.

"So that's it." Chu Xingquan nodded. It seemed that the battalion commander had really worked hard.

"So, don't let the battalion commander down, we must be able to act independently!" Liu Changshun said.

"Yeah." Chu Xingquan nodded.

"Company Commander." At this time, the soldiers monitoring the county town came back.

"Have the Japs over there in the county done anything?! Did they send troops out of the city?!" Liu Changshun asked.

"That's not the case. I only saw the Japs transporting several truckloads of corpses into the city. They should have been carried out by other companies." The soldier said that there were at least two to three hundred Japs corpses transported back to the county.

Their company had only killed over a hundred Japs last night, so the rest must have been done by other companies.

"Company Commander, did the Japanese really think that we would just beat us once and leave like before, so they didn't even think of sending someone to ambush us." Chu Xingquan couldn't help but say.

If the Japanese wanted to ambush them, they would have sent troops out of the city, but now they didn't. Maybe the battalion commander had guessed wrong.

Liu Changshun also frowned. He felt that the battalion commander's guess was usually not wrong.

"How about we continue to attack according to the original plan?!" Chu Xingquan suggested. Since the Japs did not send troops out of the city, there should be little chance of ambushing them. It is okay to continue to act according to the original plan.

"No rush, no rush, just waiting." Liu Changshun said, he still felt something was wrong.

"You continue to keep an eye on the situation in the county town. Don't sleep tonight. Keep an eye on the county town! If there are Japanese soldiers leaving the city, follow them and see where they go. The main thing is to see if they go to the watchtowers we want to attack. direction to go,

If so, just look at where they are resting, and then keep an eye on them. Remember, don’t get too close to them, just use a telescope to look at them from a distance. Liu Changshun looked at the intelligence personnel and warned him.

If he wanted to ambush the Japanese in turn, he couldn't let himself be exposed.

"Yes!" The soldier nodded, turned and left.

"Company Commander, are you being too cautious?!" Chu Xingquan asked, keeping the intelligence officer awake and staring at the county seat. He felt that he was a little too cautious.

"You can't be careful. If the Japanese leave the city in the middle of the night and we don't notice them, and they choose to attack a second time, the consequences will be serious," Liu Changshun said.

You know, they had been warned by the battalion commander but ended up being careless. Once a soldier suffered casualties, the battalion commander was not allowed to kill him.

"That's right, it's better to be more cautious." Chu Xingquan shuddered after hearing this.

It felt like the battalion commander had made various preparations before taking command, but when they arrived, it felt different.

Thinking about it now, the reason why the battalion commander was able to take one step at a time and see several steps at a time was simply because he had always been cautious and ensured that the information was correct before he dared to formulate a plan.

.........

It was past ten o'clock at night, outside the county town, on a large mountain.

Two soldiers from the first company were sitting in the grass halfway up the mountain, looking at the city gate.

"Old Qian, it's already midnight, and the Japanese have no intention of moving out. Why don't we just take a nap for a while?!"

"Squeeze, the company commander told us to keep an eye on the county seat. If something goes wrong, neither of us will get anything good to eat. If you feel sleepy, just go to sleep first and take over from me later!"

"Okay, I'll sleep first. Call me if you need anything." The warrior who spoke immediately lay down and began to rest.

Lao Qian, on the other hand, was holding a telescope and staring at the situation on the other side of the city gate from time to time. He did not dare to relax at all.

In fact, his comrades only said those words casually. It really made him lazy, and he wouldn't do it.

In this case, taking turns to rest is most appropriate.

.........County seat, Jaap Barracks Headquarters.

"It's almost time, it's time for the soldiers to set off." In the office, the Japanese captain glanced at his watch, then looked up at the Japanese major beside him and ordered.

"Hey! I'll let them go now!" The Japanese Major nodded and then left the office. This time he would lead the team himself.

"Let's see how you run away this time!" The Japanese captain smiled. He had sent out many soldiers in the city. If the enemy attacks again and cannot annihilate them, then it is his incompetence!
.........

At about 12:10 in the morning, Lao Qian yawned. He had been staring at it for a long time today, and then hurried back to report the situation. When he ran back, he was really sleepy at the moment.

"Lao Xie, it's your turn to keep an eye on it." Lao Qian stretched out his hand to push his comrade beside him, who woke up immediately.

"Is there anything going on in the county town?!" Lao Xie asked.

"No." Lao Qian shook his head, took off the telescope and handed it to Lao Xie.

"This little devil probably didn't expect that we had plans for a second attack." Lao Xie couldn't help but say.

"Whether you have thought of it or not, it's okay to be careful. This is a war, and people will die if there is an accident." As the old man spoke, he lay down, closed his eyes and began to rest.

After hearing this, Lao Xie nodded and began to stare at the situation in the county.

Ten minutes later, Lao Xie saw through the telescope that the Japanese city gate was actually opened.

"Lao Qian, something is wrong. The Japanese have opened the city gate!" Lao Xie quickly woke up Lao Qian who had just fallen asleep.

Lao Qian ejected to his feet.

"Good guy, there are not only Japs, but also puppet troops! There are quite a few of them." Lao Xie saw from the telescope that many Japs and puppet troops came out of the city gate.

"Show me." Lao Qian took the telescope and started to look at it. He indeed saw the Japanese and puppet troops.

"Why are there so many people?! Are they all coming for us?!" Lao Qian said in shock. He roughly estimated that there were at least nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers leaving the city, and even more puppet troops. It felt like there were about two thousand people. .

These puppet troops are different from those encountered before in the New Regiment. They really have some fighting power, and they can also aim and shoot at them.

"Not necessarily. I feel that they are not only coming for us, but also for other companies. Let's take a look. I think they will definitely divide their troops." Lao Xie said.

The Japanese thought that they were the Jinsui Army, and it was impossible to send so many people to deal with just these people. Therefore, they should also be targeting other companies.

"Follow them later." Lao Qian said. If these people really planned to ambush their company without knowing it, it would be really troublesome, and it was true that they could not continue to attack the watchtowers.

Unless other companies are also called over, it would be a fantasy to think that just one company of more than 110 people would fight 3,000 people.

The Japanese and puppet soldiers who were leaving the city gate were running forward. Compared with the spirit of the Japanese, the puppet soldiers seemed a little sluggish. They didn't expect to have to march in the middle of the night, so they couldn't help but curse the little Japanese and bastards in their hearts.

Soon, these Japanese soldiers and puppet troops were divided into five parts and went in several directions.

The total number of Japanese and puppet troops who came to Liu Changshun's side was about 400. The Japanese had two teams with about 120 people, and the puppet troops were more numerous.

"The troops have indeed been divided. I almost thought they were all coming for us." Lao Qian breathed a sigh of relief. There were so many Japanese and puppet troops that they couldn't defeat.

"Come on, let's follow them and see where they are ambushing them." Lao Xie looked at the Japanese and puppet soldiers who had passed by the foot of the mountain, got up and walked away, and Lao Qian quickly followed.

After following for a long time, this group of Japanese soldiers turned into the mountains and started to set up camp in the mountains.

"Damn it, this place is only a few miles away from the watchtower, and they are really coming for us." Lao Qian looked at this scene from a distance with a telescope.

"You continue to keep an eye on the Japanese. I'll go back and report the situation to the company commander." Lao Qian warned and handed Lao Xie the binoculars.

"Okay!" Lao Xie nodded. The mountain where they were located was about five or six hundred meters away from the Japanese camp.

After Lao Qian left, Lao Xie hid in a dense bush and used binoculars to check the situation from time to time through the grass.

.........

At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops were camping.

"Damn it, what do these little devils want to do?!"

"Who knows, they let us out of the city without saying a word, and then went back into the mountains. They must be sick."

"Speaking of which, the Japs killed hundreds of people yesterday and brought back a lot of corpses. It's just a bit strange. Why didn't we see any of our corpses?!"

"What are you thinking?! The devils transport corpses, of course, only their own people. Our people are probably buried in random holes dug by the devils. This is to avoid the plague. Otherwise, the devils will not even dig holes for our people. .”

"Damn it, I feel a little regretful. Following these beasts and beating my own people is a bit too much."

"It's too late to say this now. Don't forget, you have a lot of lives on your hands, whether from the national army or the Eighth Route Army. Who would want you?"

"........."

Some puppet soldiers whispered, they were very dissatisfied with the Japanese's behavior of waking them up and running into the mountains, but there was nothing they could do.

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At about six o'clock in the morning, Lao Qian hurried back to the temporary headquarters.

Liu Changshun and Chu Xingquan were in the headquarters at this time, eating canned meat seized from the Japanese.

"Company Commander, at around 12 o'clock in the morning, the Japs in the county did indeed move out!" Lao Qian reported while breathing heavily.

"How many people?!" Liu Changshun was very calm and said that the Japanese would not be that simple.

"There are nearly a thousand Japs and almost two thousand puppet troops!" Lao Qian said.

"What?! So many?!" Chu Xingquan was a little uneasy. It's not like that. With their small number of people, do they need to send so many people here?

"Don't worry, wait until he finishes." Liu Changshun was still very calm.

"There are so many people coming out of the city gate, but there are only about 120 or so Japs coming towards us, plus two to three hundred puppet troops. If we add the Japs here at the watchtower, the number will be quite large. "Lao Qian said.

There were thirty or forty Japs in the watchtower, and together with the enemies in ambush, it was quite a lot.

"The Japanese are still within the acceptable range." Chu Xingquan said, although there are nearly 300 puppet troops among them, he really doesn't take the puppet troops seriously. Even if they have some combat effectiveness, they are still just soldiers. That's all, it doesn't pose a threat to them.

(End of this chapter)